So the Magus-Ganondorf match was a fluke?

*wants to make Ganon/Benoit connection....but won't*

Magus/Ganon was no fluke: Ganon just had the Zelda collecter's edition since then.

Hey Slow, do you have your Top Places write-ups handy? I wanted to ask you if I could use your Trap Room write-up as a guest write-up for my Double Dragon 2 write-up. The Trap Room is my favorite moment in that game, and you even call the green dude "Arnold Schwarzenegger" like me...
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MM are my INITIALS "There are only 10 kinds of people in this world, those that read binary and those that don't."

I don't think Magus over Ganondorf was a fluke, but it's up to Tidus and Knuckles to prove that it wasn't.
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Magus/Ganon was no fluke: Ganon just had the Zelda collecter's edition since then.

I'm still not buying that Collector's Edition as the main reason for a Zelda increase. I seriously doubt that a significant number of those Gamecube buyers hadn't already played OoT.

It COULD be a valid reason, but I'm skeptical about that...
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MM are my INITIALS "There are only 10 kinds of people in this world, those that read binary and those that don't."

Might just be the site becoming more Nintendo friendly, actually.

Could it become anymore Nintendo friendly?

Nintendo may replace Square as GameFAQ's favorite company eventually.
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"No, you see. Here's the problem. You don't know the history of psychiatry. I do." - Tom Cruise

This is incredible...I would bet my life that Auron is at least as strong as Solid Snake, so for Ganondorf to be doing this...tomorrow's match is going to get ugly in a hurry.

Blah. For the sake of future contests, I hope that the Revolution tanks. :-P
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ALL YOUR VOTES ARE BELONG TO...Pac-Man?

From: BeTheMan | Posted: 8/23/2005 4:55:49 PM | #458
I would bet my life that Auron is at least as strong as Solid Snake

If that was true I'd have serious problems with my pick for tomorrow's match. Shame that's incredibly unlikely.
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*shrug* Look at what Auron has done against the likes of Ness and Scorpion, and look at what Snake did against Mega Man and Frog last year. Even if Snake has an edge, it would have to be pretty damn small.
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ALL YOUR VOTES ARE BELONG TO...Pac-Man?

funny thing is that this match in itself is an upset seeding wise
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft

Well, Auron still looks to be the strongest FFX representative, even with this match. Based on Sp2K5 Ganon, Auron is at 32.5%, about half a percent below adjusted 2004 Snake. I think that's pretty close to where Auron through Tails falls.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna

If Tidus loses to Kirby...would he have fallen behind Rikku?
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Matter of fact, I just checked, and it predicts Auron/Tails within .3%. I guess Scorpion just dropped last year.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna

Could it become anymore Nintendo friendly?

Nintendo may replace Square as GameFAQ's favorite company eventually.

Nintendo was always GameFAQS's favorite company...

If Tidus loses to Kirby...would he have fallen behind Rikku?

Depends on where Kirby is. His number is still uncertain.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna

anyone surprised at the lack of commotion this match is making?
there were more topic hyping up this match than topic whining or discussing this the actual match
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft

Well, duds generally don't generate much discussion. People are more disappointed than anything else.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna

Hmm...the Favorite FFX Character poll may very well be true. Auron > Rikku = Tidus > Yuna...
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so in the event of a tidus vs bowser match who would win?
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft

Unfortunately, Bowser would win easily, and he will if Tidus beats Kirby. Ganondorf looks to have come a long way since 2003.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna

And this match is on pace to break 100,000 easily at this point. It's quite a bit behind Ganon/Yuna, but we'll see if the polls are more end loaded than they have been now.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna

No Trap Room, sorry, I didn't save the write-ups.

Anyway, it's the second hyped match involving a Zelda character, and it's the second time said character wins without the opponent even making a match of it. What does that tell you?

Now it's time for, Fun With Numbers! Using their respective matches with Sephiroth, Auron would beat Vivi with 53.95%. As of this writing, Ganondorf has 54.98% on Auron. Now, supposing (just imagine, not a real assumption or anything) Ganondorf = Zelda, Auron now beats Vivi with 55.09%. Meaning Ganondorf and Zelda may very well be close in strength, which could have been the case in 2003 as well with Magus being overrated and all, and Link's boost possibly expanding to the entire Zelda representation.

Opinions?
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Almost 55%. Just 2% left. You can do it Ganon!
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Slow may be onto something with that theory...not bad at all.

As for today's match...looks like Tidus/Ganon's gonna be closer afterall, though I'd still give Auron the win over Tidus nowadays.
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Well, I said Zelda was stronger than Ganon in 2003 based on Magus before...If she's equal to Ganon now, tomorrow's match should go almost exactly like this.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna

Heh, thanks. I'll do this calculation again before and after work to see how it holds up.
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"You can't have gone over a kilometer up. 1500 meters, tops." -Samus Aran
"I'll express my love to you slowly, later." -Setzer Gabbiani

What's Spring Ganondorf projected to get on 2004 Vivi? Oh, and he just passed 55%. Hooray.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

the war between FFX and sonic characters has been replaced into a fight between FFX and legend of zelda characters. why does FFX always have a war with another specific game series?
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft

It's just FFX vs. Ganondorf, and one side is 3-0.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

i wonder what kind of characters FFXII will face. early on and i think that we may get more than just ashe and vaan from that game. heck ashe might be the new yuna and vaan the new tidus.
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft

FF XII is being released at a horrid time.

I doubt Vaan and Ashe will be strong.

I think the FFXII characters will be as popular as the FFIX characters.
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I think FFXII characters will be more popular than FFX

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"Life...Dreams...Hope...Where'd they come from? And where are they headed...? These things...I'm going to destroy!!" -Kefka

That release date will likely hurt the characters' popularity.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

Go Ganon! :-))
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I find it hard to believe that the FFXII characters could be wearker than FFIX ones.

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They won't be weaker. FFXII has the advantage of being the first "true" Final Fantasy game in over four years. That'll bring in the fans and the hype, but I don't think it'll be as popular as FFX.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

Squall>Vincent
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"Damn! I am never going to win in this game of life."- Oreon

Although I'm not sure. . .I just don't think Vincent is as strong as the Kerrigan match indicated.
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"Damn! I am never going to win in this game of life."- Oreon

There's almost no way it'll be as popular as FFX, I figure, even if it's a great game.
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Hillary Clinton: We need to treat violent video games the way we treat tobacco or alcohol.
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I wonder how many total words have been in all these topics combined?
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"Damn! I am never going to win in this game of life."- Oreon

And now he's under 55% :(
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Although I'm not sure. . .I just don't think Vincent is as strong as the Kerrigan match indicated.

We'll find out soon..

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"Life...Dreams...Hope...Where'd they come from? And where are they headed...? These things...I'm going to destroy!!" -Kefka

500 * 212 * Average words per post. Hmmmm. . .
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"Damn! I am never going to win in this game of life."- Oreon

Alucard>Sora.

500 post?
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Damn..
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When this happened, all of us got PWND by Smurf
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Magus down...next victim: Squall.
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Hillary Clinton: We need to treat violent video games the way we treat tobacco or alcohol.
Lewis Black: Namely as valued contributors to our re-election fund.

This ends now!
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"Damn! I am never going to win in this game of life."- Oreon